Post-Doctoral Fellowships

A Post-Doctoral Fellowship serves the dual purpose of allowing young professors to continue their graduate education, while beginning the effort to improve and hone their teaching skills. The Jack Miller Center, with the gracious support of an anonymous donor, is proud to facilitate Post-Doctoral positions in some of the most respected educational institutions in the United States. Typically, these positions include offering courses, while providing valuable time for research and writing.

2009-2010 Miller Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Michael Andrews, Vice President of the Jack Miller Center, has announced the nineteen members of the 2009-2010 class of Miller Post-Doctoral Fellows and Visiting Professors.  These distinguished young scholars are gaining essential experience in teaching courses that strengthen education in American founding principles and institutions, as well as completing research and writing that will strengthen their careers in higher education.

Dr. Andrews noted that the Jack Miller Center’s Post-doctoral Fellowship Initiative was established in 2008 through an anonymous $1,000,000 gift.  Since then it has grown through additional support from various supporters and a partnership with the Veritas Fund.  Twenty-one colleges and universities are participating in this program, and it has become one of the most competitive such programs in the nation.  To date 25 young scholars have received support for one or two year appointments.

The 2009-2010 Post-Doctoral Fellows include:

Dr. Jeremy Mihre

Harvard University*

Dr. Daniel Wewers

Brown University

Dr. Zach Courser

Boston College

Dr. Rodrigo Chacon

Boston College*

Dr. Steven Bilakovics

Yale University

Dr. Randall Hendrickson

Michigan State University

Dr. Daniel Kenney

Michigan State University

Dr. James Mastrangelo*

Notre Dame University

Dr. Barton Myers

Cornell University

Dr. Christopher West

Georgetown University*

Dr. Brent Cusher

Rhodes College*

Dr. Jonathan White

Christopher Newport University

Dr. Daniel Doneson

University of Virginia*

Dr. Erik Dempsey

University of Texas*

Dr. Thomas Schneider

Emory University*

Dr. Danilo Petronovich,

Duke University*

Dr. Brian Satterfield

Villanova University*

*Two year appointments. Miller-Veritas Post-Doctoral Fellows.

Rear Admiral Mike Ratliff  praised the donors who have made the program possible, observing that “these young scholars bring an excitement and energy to these campuses that is already making a difference in the lives of thousands of students.  Nothing the Jack Miller Center has done over the past year has been more important.”

Earlier recipients of Miller Post-Doctoral Fellowships include Eva Attanasow at Harvard University, Svetazar Minkov at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lynn Uzzell at the University of Virginia, Benjamin Lorch at the University of Texas, Luigi Bradizza at Louisiana State, Thomas Karako and Patrick Collins at Claremont Graduate University, and Brian Smith at Georgetown University.